rachel: all right. lemonis: okay? rachel: yes.go through a bankruptcy process. but i know for sure i don't want my money in the deal, 'cause i don't trust them. ♪ a few days later, i got a phone call from rachel, and i think as the dust settled, they had no choice but to go into bankruptcy. the landlord was trying to foreclose on the property. the lenders basically backed out of the deal that they had on the table. i hope that rachel recognizes that she probably needs to go back to square one and start over, 'cause i know she's capable, and i know she's smart enough, and she's got a great product. ♪ lemonis: who would like to try acome on down.? tonight, on "the profit"... finia: now i'm the macaron queen. lemonis: one woman's quest to become macaron royalty... what are we shooting for? why don't you tell me? finia: we are shooting for the moon! lemonis: ...resulted in a perfect dessert. nina: this is caramel chocolate. mindy: oh, my god, that's so good. lemonis: but her hands-on business plan is wrecking her health... nina: can y

rachel hatfield. >> reporter: so rachel. tell me about her. >> oh, [beep]. i'm sorry. we're starting, huh? >> reporter: well, just whatever. >> hmm. start again. >> reporter: what'd that do to you when i said that? >> my heart just went, "boom." >> the subject of rachel, as you can plainly see, is painful for tim cherrington. a pain that might lessen if he'd only learn to forget. but all he can do is remember. like the night they first met. >> it was a july night, a party. and she was dancing. and i said, "wow, i'm gonna meet that girl." >> reporter: how old were you? >> i was 18 and i think she was 17. >> reporter: oh. wow. >> love-drunk teens. they set up house together. that's tim during those giddy years, rarely serious. looking like a character from the movie "dazed and confused." and there's rachel, unconsciously glamorous. like some movie star in her own romantic comedy, with a plot that was all too familiar. aspiring artists waiting for their break. >> reporter: could she see making a life as a painter? >> yeah, she could. >> reporter: rachel could picture it b

rachel: ready to go.y father is a very rationale, normal person, wasn't a gun owner for a long time. but in recent times has gotten his carry conceal permit. has carried to church on occasion. you think of our houses of worship. they could be seen as soft targets. dean: they're soft targets. no question. pete: it is armed americans who defend them. rachel: we need the media to ask biden about that. that's what we need. pete: why does the second amendment not apply when you are going to church? let's ask joe, maybe someone will. as we have been following all week long. talk about tough stories of shooting in houses of worship. also talking about impeachment. where is it? dean: are we talking about impeachment? pete: no we are not. that transition was terrible by me. no one is actually talking about impeachment. because no one knows where it is right now either. the house passed it but nancy pelosi has not passed it onto the senate soot senate doesn't know whether to take it up or not and hold a hearing. th

rachel told james about it.happened just before he was due to make an important presentation at a conference. that time he appeared to black out, became catatonic, ended up in the hospital where they found nothing wrong with him and released him. rachel told james he faked the episode. but here at trial, a defense psychiatrist testified todd suffered from real mental issues, dissociative disorder, conversion disorder, which meant he could be violent if he felt he was under attack. and that awful morning? first he told the police she threatened to sic her well-armed boyfriend on him. >> and she said, "no, you know, i'm looking to have my boyfriend get rid of you." >> reporter: and then -- >> she was coming at me with a vee of scissors. >> reporter: rachel's dad, don, and self-described soulmate, soulmate, james, watched as the defense argued that todd had no choice but to kill the woman they so loved. >> his state of mind is what you really need to pay careful attention to here. he knows she'll kill him. he knows

rachel? rachel: thanks, ed.te democratic party chair blasting the move as product of a right-wing legal and political strategy to prevent eligible voters from voting. but our next guest calls it a common sense decision. protecting election integrity. former doj official, hanz van is here to explain. >> hey, rachel. this is common sense decision. what the judge said is, wisconsin you have to take registered voters off the list because you have gotten official records from the u.s. postal service saying they have moved out-of-state, or, wisconsin has gotten information from other states saying oh, this former wisconsin resident is now registered in our state. so basically they're taking people who are not eligible to vote anymore off the voter rolls. rachel: is 30 days enough? should you grant more time to them? >> well look, every single one of these voters has gotten a written notice from the state telling them, look, we're taking you of the rolls because we have got information, records showing you're no longer

rachel: friday chicken? >> yes. rachel: this is a beautiful box.nd delicate. if you like chardonnay you will love ruinart. dean: that's me. rachel: did i not expect that. >> how much. >> ruinart is around suggested retail price 74, $75. jillian: okay. it's special. >> special but amazing. and then finally over here, you are where our prestige are. the most wow of any champagne so he krug, believe it or not, this bottle takes 20 years to craft. rachel: wow. >> it is a wow. suggested retail 165. dean: paying for that one. >> 20 years. griff: if you don't mind i will take this one. >> everyone loves dom perignon. rachel: yack tell the difference between wines. i'm not puffy like that. is that there a difference between this. >> the more you taste the more you will be able to tell the difference. this is super fresh. more on the rich end. a little more buttery. here you will find more fresh fruit citrus. green apple. quite different. rachel: hangover. >> none of these. will you are drinking the best of the best. autdrink responsibly. griff: advice for

rachel? rachel: thank you, ed., illegal immigrants can get a driver's license in new york state. several county officials have been sounding the alarm over what they say is a rocky rollout of the new policy. our next guest says that this raises safety concerns and is now posting ice tip line signs outside the dmv offices encouraging people to report suspicious activity. michael kearns joins us now. welcome. >> good morning. rachel: good morning tell us what your concern is with this law? >> my concern is after 9/11 new york city put a prohibition on illegals having drivers licenses and now with the real i.d. in 2005, after we were attacked, there will be a gap from today until october 1st, that anyone who is here illegally can get into a federal building and can fly on our airplanes and can cross our borders. rachel: you are concerned with the policy but i also understand you are concerned with the implementation. you say that it's been kind of rocky and very minimal training for your staff. tell us about that. >>

rachel: no it was not fun. i mean, i like the stories, like getting stuff, like it is dark, but oh my we've god is the fascinating. i got lost in that. the story in oklahoma, i love digging that's about. the weird story of rex. that is a weird cat. bringing that story out is interesting. if sections, like pollutants pet crocodile who runs the rushing record that we've god is the freaking piece of work. [laughter] i like crazy characters. i like digging up stories, i like learning stuff. that is fun. but you learn all of that by reading and reporting and talking to people. but join it comes to actually writing it down, that makes me want to die. [laughter]. host: join the club. i feel the same way. it can imagine very many people who don't prayed. rachel: join you are writing, i find that if you are writing to speak, like your writing lecture notes and you are preparing a talk, to be a love that. i get super into it. i don't have to. but what i'm writing to commit something to print, it makes me much more stress

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en routwould be a better word. >> heather: and rachel, trying >> rachel: it's been interesting, mayor de blasio seems to be pointing to washington, d.c., specifically donald trump yet we've seen incident after incident in new york city that seems to indicate that there could be a pattern. we know that the family of the attacker says, listen, this man is mentally deranged, mentally unstable, he's been in the hospital. they say their experience with him is that he is a loving, good human being but we had a report this morning on "fox & friends" that says they are still looking to see that he may be connected to another synagogue attack and we don't know the results of that but if that's the case that would certainly undermine with the family is saying. but there is certainly a pattern here and for those people who live in new york, they may not like donald trump but -- it may not be sufficient for bill de blasio to point to new york and not stick to the problem and there clearly is our problem affecting people's personal safety and by the way, this is a big tourism city. people don't wa

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rachel, be honest.id you cringe when you saw the president reveal the name of the so-called was a blower? there are protections about this. the law says something. rachel: there are protections but there is legal ambiguity about whether this is a whistleblower. he had no firsthand knowledge of the events and the intelligence community had to change its rules to allow him to file a whistleblower report because he had no firsthand knowledge. we have seen his name put out there before. i think there are people like steve scalise who want to see the whistleblower testify if these are the allegations that will take down a sitting president that 63 million of bertens voted for. way away are a long from taking down any president. let's assume rachel is like. will the thing that took him down be that something -- that's assume rachel is right. will the thing that took him down be something somebody said or the transcript? >> the transcript is clear. the president wanted to leverage personal favors and public re

rachel: it's been a big week for these products.e saw the fcc the final order -- give the final order to approve will be out there, and these are all modeled on a proxy portfolio approach as opposed to an indicative value approach which was approved earlier this year. the final approval for these models, and we are going to see some filings to use these models. we have seen one hit the wire earlier on wednesday from two rowe.m t. they are looking to do a blue chip growth fund. they have filed with the regulator. scarlet: this leaves about five structures approved and ready to go. eric: and there's a few more in the running, including yours, dan, invesco. can you talk about why you decided to go on your own? dan: we are open to partnerships and we are having current discussions with a number of firms that rachel mentioned. but we felt long-term, to own your own ip, and not only do we file our own application but we -- did we file our own application but we patented it, which we thought was important. what we have tried to do with the

rachel: yes. w. [laughter]. host: yes. rachel: i don't know where you go to get your reputation back. particular when it is about asking allies and strategic partners in difficult circumstances to trust you to be there when things are bad. with what the united states just did with the cards, and rcc in syria, when we go to get back that credibility. and how many generations will take us to get there and how much work we have to do is nation to prove but we should be able to assert on the basis of a good word. you don't get the back. host: it's i say i could just follow up with that. i'm glad you mentioned the cards over here. in the war in the middle east, i say that one of the things some of my students, but are talking about this is that the american media brought broadly defined and sources in particular. the focus their attention on american politics. and we don't really sort of company here about what it is doing in other parts of the world. let's take an example of the wars in syria and yemen which is now the become

the end just pounding of the sea against the coastline is what fascinates british photographer rachel tell about. roman road is a south african artist based in berlin he uses many visual languages from painting to street art photography to film live improvised performances sculpture and installations anything goes and his canvases range from wolves in the rough parts of his hometown johannesburg to walls in major museums around the world hippy by guest in just a minute 1st more about him and his art. robin road grew up in apartheid era south africa and made a name for himself with the street he moved to berlin 17 years ago and is now well established on the global contemporary art scene as an artist in south africa's young democracy road address the country's new possibilities the hopes and the fears of the buildings in johannesburg where his campuses. even today he has a difficult relationship with the white wounds of calories and even his own. fortunately ole road needs to make oh it's a great idea and something to draw with for the good you. just. she is another road to sign to the

rachel tonopah true international attention with her photo series sirens she took the pictures during especially intense storms involving winds up to 150 kilometers per hour and waves as high as 15 meters it was the 8th of february 26th which was storm images and i spent the day here exactly where we are now and it was 6 hours of obsoletes or steak absolutely brilliant photographer. she gave every wave she photographed for the series a name taken from methodology medusa. decide in making the giant waves seem like raging guns or demons. if you freeze the sea at a really fast shutter spate a 1000th of a 2nd or thereabouts there are amazing shapes. and this is an example this one is called loki the norse trickster god he looks like he's talking to good law for. the photographer has only was loved to see these mysterious and on earth 3 qualities but she also senses that now if poses an entirely new kind of menace i spent a lifetime looking at the sea i'm not this coast and i'm not a scientist but it fails to amaze that the incidence of a severe still only case has cried which from a photo

rachel, can you put this into perspective for us? this huge write-down? rachel: it's pretty big. we saw the majors go big on gas. so far, chevron, it's been an $11 billion headache. if you have been paying attention to u.s. gas prices and the difficulty building pipelines out of appalachia, you would not be be surprised by how hard chevron has been hit. it will be interesting to see what happens to the independent producers in the area that don't have the balance sheet of chevron or diversified assets, because as you've seen, these guys have seen better days. it's a really tough environment for u.s. gas producers. alix: it has shone a huge spotlight on exxon. it is only taking a $2.5 billion write-down. any read on where that stands? rachel: you saw a mix of opinions. on the one hand, exxon tends to take a bigger view, a more forward-looking view or encompass a bigger future than chevron and they are known for that. maybe they don't have to take as big of a write-down as chevron. but on the other hand, you have people at mizuho saying what about you? alix: the capex plans were re

what is your take on this, rachel? this is your take on this, rachel? if britain doesn't have a deal at the end of 2020, the end of the transition period, it will default to wto arrangements. in the la st default to wto arrangements. in the last few years, if this has been discussed, defaulting two terms, widely understood to mean crashing out. that is what he is writing into law will happen. by the end of 2020. is doing that firstly to look as though he is doing things. secondly, he is doing it because he thinks that operating within that tight schedule will put russia presumably oi'i schedule will put russia presumably on the negotiators. it also puts a shot on britain. you could easily argue that it ties britain's negotiating hands behind its back by imposing an artificial deadline on the process. ijust want to add, it's quite important that the other thing he is doing about this brexit bill which is looking after the queen's speech is that he is removing the things that the telegraph describes as sweeteners which were offered to labour and peace in

. >> thank you, rachel. it's great to be with you. >> let me just ask you about how this went, in your view, how it felt to be part of it and how you see the house as having effectuated its responsibilities here. >> it was a bit of surreal day, i will tell you, it was a day of accountability, it was a day of standing up fur our democracy, it was a day of democrats laying out facts again, but painful. i don't know any other way to describe what happened on the other side of the aisle, but painful, you know, to watch republicans treating this like a game, laughing, giving no defense, essentially saying things that weren't true even when they put certain things out there. it was really an embarrassment to this body, to our constitution, to our framers. and at the end of the day, i think the bravery of particularly the members who are in tough districts on the democratic side, you know, people who have worked in national security, within the fbi and different intelligence agencies, who know that this is not popu

the british photographer rachel taliban has a predilection for the sable specifically the waves now on the southeast coast of england with all the interest in recent times of how climate change is affecting us as the straight only too well for oceans power of the ocean. when the sea churns in wales when the tides come in and gales with the water that's when british way photographer rachel tull of art springs into action. i'm just going to watch the way stress tonight show. on the beaches of england's south east coast she takes spectacular photos of the scene as if she were out in the midst of it it is. photographing waves means dealing with a constantly changing subject. that if you could say that if you get one really big right the next to me to be after it at this beach and many beaches were forced to be big. so you get people who see the 1st before i take a picture and then they're looking at the camera there's 2 more coming. rachael ton of our troops international attention with her photo series sirens she took the pictures during especially intense storms involving winds up to 150

>> rachel scott for us tonight. rachel, thank you.>>we move on killers on the loose, after a robbery turned deadly at a virginia denny's early this morning. chilling surveillance footage, take a look at this, showing the two masked suspects entering the restaurant, one clearly waving a gun. customers and employees ordered to the ground. two people were shot, one did not survive. here's abc's adrienne bankert with the manhunt now under way. >> reporter: tonight, a manhunt for these two armed robbery suspects who shot two people at a denny's in manassas, virginia. the suspects seen on security cameras enter the restaurant after 2:00 a.m. both armed. one pulling a pistol, the other a baton, demanding cash from employees and customers and ordering more than 20 people to the ground. >> one person shot in the stomach and right leg. one person supposedly shot in the head. we're advising now, one tourniquet being applied. >> reporter: as the suspects were leaving, one of the men shot ara4-yengar-old c with their orders. then, police say, yusu

>> rachel: 100 u.s. marines were sent to the embassy in baghdad, now we are hearing the strong messages from our leaders. it's worth noting, though, american contractors, there have been a series of attacks, secretary of state pompeo weighed in on this claiming that the president has actually been patient. listen. >> this was a defensive action designed to protect american forces and american citizens in iraq and it was aimed also at at the turning around. president trump has been pretty darn patient and he's made clear at the same time that when americans lives were at risk we would respond. >> molly: we can't just talk about this one incident, the ongoing tensions, the iraqis feared this could lead to going back and forth with iran, it's a much bigger problem. >> rachel: secretary pompeo has a great point, in the case of the obama administration, one of the things they did was try to pay them off. in essence we are underwriting some of the terrorism and undermining our own interest with that money. tha

but when this becomes smooth and tranquil at any time it's time for rachel tom the part to head home again. like most of us she's not interested in a call saying mole stories or how it's a culture from around the world on our website at g.w. dot com slash culture up so for now i. got. a devastating debut for george includes my captain berlin couldn't keep up with dortmund's to maintain and slid into relegation. by a little close in takes down by a munich. tough luck for the variance to hit the woodwork 3 times. 13. are for the resist. it plays a central role for the demonstrators in hong kong. artists immortalized the heroes and victims of the contest in their works which keeps the spec of the uprising alive. but what price. and freedom in home come. close up in 90 minutes on d w. i'm not laughing at the gentle i just sometimes i am but i stand up and when it happened recently i mean i think the printer jemma culture of looking at the stereotype clad in years in the future of the country that i'm. new to seems to take this drama day out to me it's all about ok. i'm a joke join me for

senior fellow, joining me live, victor, getting to the mitch mcconnell situation and coming to rachel maddow, she pushed the anti-trump dossier and it turned out to be here. >> well, the playwright once posed the question what is wisdom and came on the side of pragmatism and ordinary people superior intellect to the intellect classes and the all cycle of drama is pitted the elite against common people in the case of the scholar rachel maddow when she was reassuring america that it was correct, you can go on and listen to them with sean hannity without sophisticated agreements that were practical, pragmatic, and pointed out the chapter reviews how it cannot be true. isame thing, he was a farmer, turned out that horror west was basically substantiated everything in th the harvard law graduate. it was disingenuous. we got to them smaller investigation, we were told it's a dream team, all stars in the ivy league and there pitted against the swor lee sort of pee we just melt before the ivy league firepower. i think it's a reminder about the symbolic lessons from the 2016 election that this

rachel is the host of an award-winning rachel maddow show on msnbc. [applause] >> there are fancier. for those who don't know, three emmy awards including outstanding analysis and lives outstanding interview. she herself has received six emmy nominations. she's been nominated twice for the television critics for outstanding achievement and news. 2019, the rachel maddow show one and award in the third à media category. [applause] >> rachel first gained national prominence as a host on america radio where she worked from its inception in 2004. prior to joining, she was on two networks in western massachusetts. so it's a special honor to welcome her back to western massachusetts. [applause] >> i know that we are all excited to hear from her in this new york times best-selling book, "blowout". but before we get to that, i want to read for you one quick snippet of the review which i think resonate with this community and particular. rachel maddow may be a popular, progressive news and commentary anchor on msnbc but it's not to be forgotten that she holds a

>> rachel scott for us tonight.hel, thank you. >>> next, to growing concerns over north korea's next move. president trump weighing in today on that government's warning of a possible, quote, christmas gift to the u.s. what the president said tonight about kim jong-un in the wake of those threats. the president, at times, almost making light of it all. abc's matt gutman is in seoul with the very latest. >> reporter: president trump tonight brushing off north korea's ominous threat to deliver a christmas gift to the united states. >> we'll find out what the surprise is and we'll deal with it very successfully. let's see what happens. everybody's got surprises for me. >> reporter: analysts suspect kim jong-un's so-called gift could be a long-range missile test, capable of hitting the u.s. new satellite images appear to show recently-built structures at military installations. kim had promised president trump he would not test those kinds of weapons, but after two high-profile summits -- >> we will have a terrific rela

, rachel. >> good evening, rachel. news. we've never seen anything like it. >> i'm already riveted. >> you'll have half a morning to yourself tomorrow. >> am i dead? are the angels singing? >> there's new show called "that woman." >> what is your character's name? >> vesper fairchild. that's my new starbucks name. >> he is old, he has gout, he's been in jail and lonely. his lawyers have cited his health, his age, his confinement. >> i thought i was being introduced. once you said he's in jail, i said, okay, it's someone else. >> i don't know anything about your gout status and i don't think you're old. >> you have to watch tuesday to see the rest, "the last word holiday special." that will do it for tonight's show. thank you for watching. "the 11th hour with brian williams" begins right now. >>> tonight, the president railing against impeachment in private and public, harnesses the power and image making of his office for a military photo op moments for his takeoff for christmas break. he leaves behind a capitol hopele

do the rachel character.d no. she wanted to play monica. >> we're thinking you are more of a rachel because she is pretty and there is a warmth. she said, no, no. i totally see myself doing monica. we're like, all right. give it a shot. she did and we're like, yeah. she's monica. great. >> i just connected with her in a certain way and i was going to play very neurotic and not as ethereal and quirky. >> oh, my gosh! >> look, look, look! my first paycheck! >> look at the window. there's my name. hi, me! >> latte? >> and an iced tea. getting pretty good. >> excellent. >> good for me. >> rachel is a really difficult part. because on the face of it, it could be really unlikable character. >> well, maybe that's my decision. well, maybe i don't need your money. wait. wait. i said maybe. >> she is selfish, spoiled, just walked out on a guy during her wedding. >> i was on another show at the time. >> jennifer aniston was in first position to another series called "muddling through." if that show had succeeded, we had

rachel poliquin is the exhibit's curator. >> steve's taxidermy was great.t had a certain charisma and passion to it. >> the following year, kulash is preparing to pursue one of his other passions -- an international hunting expedition. >> then one night in march 2010, his son stacey, who lives in the basement of the family home, is awakened by the smoke alarm. >> i opened up my bedroom door, there was a five-foot fire. >> as stacey runs next door to phone the fire department, his dad makes a fatal mistake. >> he went and tried to put the fire out himself when he could have just walked right out the front door. >> could you see? could you breathe? >> i tried to get him out of the basement, but there was too much smoke. i couldn't get back down there. >> steve kulash gets trapped amid piles of boxes and equipment. [ siren wails ] >> a while later they told us that our father passed away. >> he leaves behind the business where he'd worked side-by-side with his sons, filled with nearly 200 mounted animals. that's not including the metaphorical elephant in the l

. >> good evening, rachel. and tonight isabel bueso is going to join us. you'll be home in time to see this. because thanks to your reporting and the reporting of others that she has been granted officially from the trump administration the right to remain in this country for her life-saving medical treatment. so the good news is how we're going to end the hour tonight. >> excellent. i'm looking forward to that. >> rachel, when you talked about the polls, the fox poll about impeachment, a couple numbers were fascinating. obviously the 50% in favor and removal in the fox poll. and then there's the 54% who were in favor of just impeachment and not removal. what's so interesting about that is those people recognizing there is a difference, that these are two different decision levels with different thresholds of proof. >> and, in fact, in american history there has never, ever been a president who was impeached in the house and removed by the senate. it has never happened. and so to know that -- people are talking about this will be a failed impeachment effor

rachel vogelstein: the national women's history museum is dedicated to ensuring the distinctive contribution of american women are written into the national narrative. the museum has achieved this goal for 20 years. we currently exist as an online museum. the goal is to build a physical museum on our national mall. in 2014, congress passed a bipartisan act to create a congressional commission to investigate the feasibility of a national women's history museum in washington d.c. >> commission to study the potential to study the creation of a national women's history museum. >> we are half of the population. wherever you stand, i'm sure there is consensus in this house that half population should not go unmentioned in the textbooks of our country, but there is no museum in the country that shows the full scope of the history, the amazing, brilliant, courageous, innovative, and sometimes defiant women that have helped to shape our history and make this country what it is. rachel: in november, 2016, the commission produced a bipartisan report that americans deserved a national women's history mu

rachel maddow is back with me. that is delicious set of paragraphs, rachel. you have nailed it. the key here i get to a couple of things. one is sanctions. they needed western technology to explore the arctic circle. if they couldn't get more oil and gas they were going to go broke. they needed those sanctions broke. that explains all those goddamn meetings. it explains their desperation. russia's only got one game to play, he didn't in part because he likes what he can do with oil and gas. he likes the way he can use it as a weapon around the world. but he also wanted to have complete control of it, so he consolidated all the power and the oil and gas industry in his own country under his own creel. he's got his henchman running the russian gas industry and they're terrible at it. geologically russia is running out of the easy to get oil and gas. they now need to be doing this more hi-tech stuff but they've got these terribly, terribly run companies and they can't get it because of the sanctions on them because of putin's gangster behavior. and that just -- i mean putin is stra

blevins joins us now from the russian embassy with more on this story rachel bacon for coming up. thank you for having me i just wrapped up the press conference here with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov after his closed door meeting with president trial so i want to ask what was said about i mean one of the biggest things that they were talking about at this press conference or least going into it but the big you know rumor mill one capitol hill was was the future of arms control treaties between russia and the u.s. you know what was said about that was not brought up at the at the press conference . gray that seems to be the hot topic in all of this that we've seen lavrov talk about earlier this press conference with secretary of state my pompei oh and just now and as we have seen the future of nuclear trees between the. it states and russia has kind of been up in the air over the last few months ever since the united states announced it would be pulling out of the i.n.f. treaty now president trump has said that he's open to going forward with other treaties but when last

rachel scott is with us from west palm beach. rachel, no vacation from impeachment politics for the president. and tonight, speaker pelosi not giving an inch. >> reporter: that's right, tom. the speaker is not budging on this. in a new letter to house democrats, she is once again calling on mcconnell to outline the rules of a trial. but mcconnell has said, he is in no rush and calls her decision to withhold the articles of impeachment absurd. tom? >> rachel scott tonight, thank you. >>> next, to growing concerns over north korea's next move. president trump weighing in today on that government's warning of a possible, quote, christmas gift to the u.s. what the president said tonight about kim jong-un in the wake of those threats. the president at times almost making light of it all. abc's matt gutman is in seoul with the very latest. >> reporter: president trump tonight brushing off north korea's ominous threat to deliver a christmas gift to the united states. >> we'll find out what the surprise is and we'll deal with it very suc

digby and rachel will be back at 11:30pm for another look at the papers. you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you both. goodbye. might have had a bit of snow across scotla nd might have had a bit of snow across scotland in the last few hours, pretty nippy as well, temperatures have been down to minus six degrees, but here is the headline for the week ahead. very different. it's mild, wet, and windy. not all the time, in fact, mild, wet, and windy. not all the time, infact, by mild, wet, and windy. not all the time, in fact, by around about thursday, temperatures could be in the low teens across the south of the low teens across the south of the uk, not very festive. so the clouds across not just the uk, not very festive. so the clouds across notjust the uk but many parts of europe and incidentally, it's a very very mild further east across europe as well, temperatures in s

rachel, can you put this into perspective for us? this huge write-down? rachel: it's pretty big.the majors go big on gas. so far, chevron, it's been an $11 billion headache. if you have been paying attention to u.s. gas prices and the difficulty building pipelines out of appalachia, you would not be be surprised by how hard chevron has been hit. it will be interesting to see what happens to the independent producers in the area that don't have the balance sheet of chevron or diversified assets, because as you've seen, these guys have seen better days. it's a really tough environment for u.s. gas producers. alix: it has shone a huge spotlight on exxon. it is only taking a $2.5 billion write-down. any read on where that stands? rachel: you saw a mix of opinions. on the one hand, exxon tends to take a bigger view, a more forward-looking view or encompass a bigger future than chevron and they are known for that. maybe they don't have to take as big of a write-down as chevron. but on the other hand, you have people at mizuho saying what about you? alix: the capex plans were released o

rachel is here on that. and california governor is blaming the trump administration for the states homeless crisis. trump is hitting back and hard. if you will want to see that. also, as the u.s. faces threats from north korea on the ground, the trump administration is looking ahead to. of trump says space is the world's newest war fighting domain. nasa administrator, jim, is here exclusively on the brand-new military branch space force. the first, impeachment. according to the house democrats, it is so urgent and so necessary to get rid of trump but they stop everything that they were doing and went on recess. david is life for us with all the latest period >> good evening, a few days out in 2020 and the new year and ball of articles of impeachment, house speaker nancy pelosi and there's no update to what the final may begin but support to find out nothing will be happening anyway this week or next week because of the holiday. on monday, just a few days ago, house democrats in the court filing made it clear

>> rachel, thank you. dan? >> rachel, thank you. >>> let's turn now to abc's jonathan karl, one of our chief white house correspondents. he's going to be hosting "this week" later this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> let's start with the promise that joe biden made to appoint barack obama to the supreme court. i got a two-part question for you. one, is this idea a political winner? and two, would barack obama even want this job? >> in terms of the politics of it, biden has done everything he can to embrace obama, pitching his candidacy as basically obama 2.0, but would barack obama accept a nomination to the supreme court? dan, i covered him in the white house. i have got to say that there's no way. i would be shocked if he would even consider it. remember, obama has his netflix deal. he's got a deal with spotify on podcast. he's enjoying life post-presidency. i think the last thing in the world barack obama would want to face is a senate confirmation hearing. the idea of going before the sena

disgraced fbi attorney lisathe page, she went on area 51, rachel mao dowse conspiracy -- rachel maddow conspiracy channel show to try to defend her tweets. i am not buying it. you won't believe what, she said. we will set the facts straight just ahead.e ld medicines, zicam is clinically proven to shorten colds. i am a zifan for zicam! oral or nasal. ♪ >> now disgraced as fbi lawyer lisa page goes on area 51 roswell rachel maddow conspiracy channel and tries to justify her now infamous text messages about needing in insurance policy to stop trump. >> what was meant by example by the insurance policy text message. this is you and peter strzok in the unlikely prospect. >> bit it an analogy. we're talking about whether or not we should take certain investigative steps or not. based on the likelihood he will be president or not. >> what about the text message that you were talking about your fear that trump would be elected and he said no, it won't happen. >> by we, he's talking about the collective we. like-minded thoughtful sensible people who were not going to vote this person into offic

>> rachel, this is a teaching moment. the republicans are speaking to one constituent and that is president trump. what we're trying to do is again explain to the american people this very somber process, articles of impeachment and the ultimate impeachment vote of the president of the united states based upon his own actions of using public dollars and public setting to secure opposition on a rival from a foreign entity. the other side is speaking about the accolades of president

the phone hung up. >> reporter: in the defamation suit filed today, zimmerman claims rachel jeantel was an impostor and fake witness who provided false statements to incriminate zimmerman. and in a new film producer joe gilbert says he found who was unwilling to testify. rachel jeantel's attorney tells trayvon martin's family attorney ben crump says martinam attorney larry clayman, founder of the conservative legal foundation judicial watch, filed the lawsuit on behalf of zimmerman meantime, the film, "the trayvon hoax" was scheduled to play here tomorrow, but now the theater has canceled its screening. lester >>> there is news tonight about potential cancer risks for one in three american women who dye or straighten their hair a large new federal study suggests there could be a link to breast cancer. we get more from nbc's kristen dahlgren >> reporter: tonight new concerns over hair dyes and chemical straighteners. a study of almost 50,000 women found a 9% increased risk of cancer for those who use a permanent hair dye and an 18% increased risk for oductsore frequently as well as f

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>> well, you know, rachel, i'm hopeful but also realistic.republicans that suggests what they want to do on this impeachment trial is as little as possible. they don't want to do very much at all. but we owe the president as well as the american public a really full and fair trial in the senate so the people know what the facts are. in the house, the president didn't participate. he told witnesses not to show up. he didn't produce any documents. as you pointed out early in the show, they never attempted to rebut the main claims that the president carried out this campaign to get dirt on a political opponent, using his office for a personal purpose that was illegitimate, hurting an ally by doing so and all this helped an adversary, russia. they didn't deny any of it. they just chose not to participate. but a trial in the senate the president and his team need to participate. we need to see the documents. we need to hear from folks. it doesn't have to be long, but it has to be thorough so the facts are out there and everyone knows what happened

>> rachel, this is a teaching moment. the republicans are speaking to one constituent and that is president trump. what we're trying to do is again explain to the american people this very somber process, articles of impeachment and the ultimate impeachment vote of the president of the united states based upon his own actions of using public dollars and public setting to secure opposition on a rival from a foreign entity. when frankly we're talking about